Similar to
Annie
Hall,
Stranger Than Fiction's
opening scene introduces us to the central character, played by
Will Ferrell. This sequence is accompanied
with the somewhat celestial narration provided by
Emma Thompson explaining the specific peculiarities of the main
character's everyday life, and employs clever and complex computer generated
imagery to demonstrate its many points. The scene has a wild, kinetic style,
following 'Howard' throughout his day, with a quirky and jazzy musical score,
which highlights the genre of the film. In-depth statistics are used to define
each and everything he does, in his life of solitude. Like the conventions romantic
comedies, the main character is seemingly outcast from society, and
significance is placed upon the fact that he is alone. At the very onset and at
the very end, emphasis is drawn to his wristwatch, the final line creating an
interesting enigma about its importance, which can only engage the audience
into watching the film.
